Joseph & Joan Cullman Conservation Grants

The generosity of the Cullman Foundation continues to allow Northern New YorkAudubon to distribute monies to fund projects occurring in the Adirondack, Champlain or St. Lawrence region of Northern New York or be beneficial to bird species that occur in that region. Eligibility includes, but is not limited to, environmental organizations, teachers, graduate students, and research project managers.

Who Are Joseph and Joan Cullman?

Joseph and Joan Cullman owned the Kildare Club just north of Tupper Lake and loved the Adirondacks with a respect bordering on reverence. The chairman of Phillip Morris, Inc. from 1957-1970, Joseph F. Cullman 3rd believed that a capitalistic, democratic society depends in many ways on its citizens’ dedication to philanthropy. An admirer of Teddy Roosevelt, Joseph Cullman took great pride in his work as a conservationist. The range and magnitude of his generosity to conservation causes boggles the mind. He helped start the World Wildlife Fund and The Atlantic Salmon Federation. A hunter who went on an African safari nearly every year, he co-founded Conservation Force, an organization in Tanzania that has built 26 schools, 6 medical dispensaries and operates anti-poaching teams to protect elephants and other wildlife. He endowed the Joseph F. Cullman Library of Natural History at the Smithsonian as well as the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Professorship in Wildlife, Ecology and Biodiversity at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. He contributed handsomely to The Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney Museum of Art, The Jewish Museum, American Public Television, New York City Council on the Environment, The Committee to Protect Journalists, Women’s’ Sports Foundation, New York City Audubon Society, The Neurosciences Institute at Rockefeller University, the New York Restoration, The New 42nd Street — the list goes on and on.

Cullman Grant Recipients

Year

Title

Recipients

Amount

2020

Assessing the Impact of Prey Abundance and Composition on Dichotomous Mating
Strategies in the White-throated Sparrow

Nicholas Gabry: Indiana State University

$2450

2020

Advancing Riparian Restoration in the Ausable River Watershed

Carrianne Pershyn: Ausable River Association

$2500

2020

Planting Natives for Birds and Community

Lake Placid Land Conservancy

$2475

2020

Project Bobolink: Grassland Bird Conservation at Heaven Hill Farm

Michale Glennon

$2500

2020

Developing Capacity for Boreal Bird Monitoring at Shingle Shanty

Stephen Langdon

$2500

2020

Lakes for Loons - A Loon-Friendly Lake Certification Program for the Adirondacks

Nina Schoch

$2500

2020

Early Morning Birding on Wild Walk

The Wild Center

$1350

2019

Avian Behavioral and Spatial Patterns in a Disease-Impacted Adirondack Forest